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KOREAN VERB

재미없다

to be no fun, to be boring

  • #123 most used
  • Descriptive verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am no fun
NegativeI am not no fun

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was no fun
NegativeI was not no fun

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be no fun
NegativeI won’t be no fun

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI am no fun (respectfully)
PastI was no fun (respectfully)
FutureI will be no fun (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) being no fun, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) being no fun, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I am no fun
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I am no fun
  5. But (-지만) I am no fun, but…

How to use 재미없다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    이 게임은 저한테는 좀 재미없어요.

    This game is a bit boring for me.

  2. Past

    어제 본 영화는 정말 재미없었어요.

    The film I saw yesterday was really boring.

  3. Future

    혼자 가면 재미없을 거예요. 같이 가요.

    If you go alone, it'll be no fun. Let's go together.

  4. Honorific

    할머니, 어제 그 드라마 재미없으셨어요?

    Grandma, did you find that drama boring yesterday?

  5. Connectives

    책이 재미없어서 열 쪽만 읽었어요.

    The book was boring, so I read only ten pages.

Good to know

  • 재미없다 is one word; its "not" is already in 없다, so 안 is never put in front of it. The opposite is 재미있다.

Where you hear 재미없다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 이 드라마는 재미없어요. This drama is boring.
  • 어제 회의는 재미없었어요. Yesterday's meeting was no fun.
  • 내일 수업은 재미없을 거예요. Tomorrow's class will be boring.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: descriptive verb.